How Shadow Demon and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Shadow Demon and Vengeful Spirit win 49.65% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 284 matches.
Putting both Shadow Demon and Vengeful Spirit into the same draft often creates a support duo that works at cross-purposes. Vengeful Spirit's Wave of Terror is a fantastic setup for physical damage cores since it shreds armor. Shadow Demon, however, deals almost exclusively magic damage and wants to amplify that with Soul Catcher. Their offensive spells simply don't build on each other effectively. Defensively, they both offer strong single-target saves with Disruption and Nether Swap, but this redundancy can leave the team lacking broader teamfight control or a durable frontline. You end up with two supports filling a similar niche, leaving exploitable gaps in your team's overall plan.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 43.97% | 257 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.75% | 333 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.39% | 152 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.65% | ▲ +2.2pp | 284 |
| 7.41d | 47.45% | ▲ +1.0pp | 27,439 |
| 7.41c | 46.48% | ▼ -0.5pp | 7,758 |
| 7.41b | 46.96% | — | 9,139 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.